The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire, Hardcover - Lawrence J. Haas

The Kennedys in the World tells a new, rich, fascinating, and consequential story about Jack, Bobby, and Ted Kennedy. From an early age the brother...

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Tells the stories of the wily filmmakers who made an Italian 007 flick by casting Sean Connery's brother, produced a Turkish space opera by stealin...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. C. SharmanIllustration(s): 9 maps.Number of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 23...

A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to...

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Shakespeare was a man of his time, constantly engaging with his audience's deepest desires and fears. In this book, by reconnecting with this histo...

A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book of 2017 For the first time, teen innovator and scientist Jack Andraka tells the story behind...

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Explores life in the Victorian police force from the time of Jack the Ripper, from training to discovering a murder.

Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into b...

In Mutual Admiration Society Royal Historical Society fellow Mo Moulton relates the remarkable friendship of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Say...

In Mutual Admiration Society Royal Historical Society fellow Mo Moulton relates the remarkable friendship of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Say...

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DescriptionThe Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three ...

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from ...

In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the ...

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The Ballets Russes not only left a matchless artistic legacy - they changed style and glamour, they changed taste, and they changed social behaviou...

Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter - Lawrence A. Cunningham

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DescriptionThe definitive guide to making a career in theater--to Broadway and beyond Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejec...

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Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet--but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. ...

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